After an epic five-day period of uncertainty, Sam Altman has been reinstated as OpenAI CEO. The company has also changed its board of directors, removing three of the four board members who were involved in firing Altman. These include Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist and co-founder; Tasha McCauley, an adjunct senior management scientist at the Rand Corp., a policy nonprofit; and Helen Toner, a director at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, a research organization tied to Georgetown University.
Among the new directors are Bret Taylor, the former co-CEO of Salesforce; Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary; and Adam D’Angelo, the only member of OpenAI’s previous board to remain. Taylor will be the chairman, the company said. Altman won’t be on the initial board.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who nearly got to purloin all of OpenAI’s employees, said he was encouraged that things were back to the status quo. He also commented on the changes to the OpenAI board, expressing his belief that this was a "first essential step on a path to more stable, well-informed, and effective governance."
The news has provided some relief to OpenAI's users, who can now feel more secure about the future of the company and its tool. However, there are still some questions that remain. How will the new board prioritize profit, R&D, AI safety and social concerns around the technology? What was the salary of former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, who was OpenAI's interim CEO for three days? Does Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff's offer to hire any disaffected OpenAI employees at their current pay still stand?
It is clear that OpenAI will be facing some challenges in the near future, but with a renewed board of directors and the return of Sam Altman as CEO, the company is now in a better position to face them.
Originally reported by Martech: https://martech.org/openai-the-return-of-the-king/
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